A huge relief effort is under way to help to victims of Friday's devastating earthquake in Gujarat, north-western India. Medical aid, food and shelter are being rushed to the scene, as rescuers search frantically for survivors and the dead are cremated.

Thousands of Indian troops are helping rescuers in the quake region

Swiss rescuers are part of the international relief effort

The grim task of cremating the dead is a priority

A boy mourning his dead mother is comforted by his grandfather in Bhuj

A medic applies cotton pads to protect the eyes of a woman who was trapped in the dark in Bhuj

A woman feeds her injured husband in a tent in Ahmedabad

Some people took advantage of the chaos to search for household goods in Ahmedabad

Clothes were distributed to the homeless in the Bhuj area

Women queue for relief aid in Bhuj as aftershocks continue

Click here to see earlier pictures of the devastation caused by the quake.